Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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After this work the two teams lined up for a short practice game. As usual, the 'varsity had no difficulty in scoring, and made two touchdowns in the few minutes' play. Their gains through the line, however, were made very largely by sheer weight and push, no holes being opened for the backs, who ran right into the opposing tackler. The interference on round the end plays was more satisfactory...
...evidently did not go into the race with any intention of making a fight, as there was but one quarter-miler on her team. Princeton did considerably better. Brokaw, her last man, ran a hard and plucky race, but was never able to get near enough to Merrill to push...
...brought it to the familiar form in which it has remained ever since. When the magneto telephone had been perfected, a new difficulty arose as to how the man at one end of the line was to call the man at the other. At first the simple push button was used, but this frequently failed to work, and finally the present method of ringing a bell by means of a mechanical generating machine was adopted...
...went from tribe to tribe he heard many marvellous stories, some of pigmies and others of monstrous creatures. These stories, improbable as they seemed, all agreed with one another. Convinced finally that there must be some truth in them, he determined to push on into the forest. There he was so fortunate as to kill a monster gorilla, the first gorilla killed by any white man since Hannibal slew them two thousand five hundred years...
...goal is kicked. After a short interval play is resumed and the sophomores, by a new opening play gain 20 yards. Hallowell's offside play compels his team to give up the ball. Ninety-five is forced to kick and Mills punts to the 35 yard line. The sophomores push the ball ten yards down the field, but lose it again by holding. Whittemore makes 25 yards around Duff, and gains follow in rapid succession until a touchdown is secured. Miller fails to kick a goal and thereby ninety-six wins. The game is soon called on account of darkness...